#8A61B1#8A61B1

#8A61B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.126 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61B1
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 177)
HSL	hsl(271, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 45.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 32.50, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 48.84, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.0751 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.126 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6901, 17.1272, 43.6970)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61B1 #88B161

analogous

#6261B1 #8A61B1 #B161B0

triadic

#8A61B1 #B18A61 #61B18A

tetradic

#8A61B1 #B16261 #88B161 #61B0B1

square

#8A61B1 #B16261 #88B161 #61B0B1

split-complementary

#8A61B1 #B0B161 #61B162

monochromatic

#4C3265 #6B468E #8A61B1 #A88AC5 #C7B3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A61B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A61B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A61B1

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A61B1	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D72B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.126 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8fc8',
    500: '#8a61b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61b1;
$custom-light: #ae8fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56859,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61B1

secondary

#B6C8A6

accent

#CA5E93

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61B1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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